Carrie Villani, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Not seeing my coworkers, clients and colleagues in person was hard. The energy we share and spontaneous interactions are so valuable and

Michael Zere, Zere Real Estate Services

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Maintaining our properties, protecting our landlords, keeping our commercial office and industrial buildings filled, replacing tenants,

Mark Lerner, Ph.D., EPIC Security Corp.

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
In accordance with the Governors’ Executive Orders for New York State and New Jersey, EPIC Security Corp. was designated as

Yun Luo, PE, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

What was your most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020?
A campus transformation project for a major hospital in Long Island. This will fulfill a primary need for the community, and is being designed with

Lynn Senko, Worth Property Management

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
Immediately changing our lives to protect not only our loved ones but also our clients and their loved ones is a challenge in itself.

Marie Zere, Zere Real Estate Services

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
A business interruption such as the “Pandemic Lockdown of March 2020,” was devastating bringing the NY real estate

Evan Kaplan, Bright Power

What aspects of working from home did you enjoy most?
The aspect of working from home that I have enjoyed the most has been the ability to cook and eat my own lunches each day without having to

Judah Hammer, Meridian Capital Group

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
The biggest challenge for me was staying on top of the constantly shifting market conditions, bank underwriting, appraisal

Davon Peters, M.C. O’Brien, Inc.

What was the most challenging part of working during the pandemic?
The biggest challenge of the year was getting multiple decision makers out to see a space at the same time.

Rafael Stein, AIA, Urbahn Architects

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2020?
Among our firm’s accomplishments this year was winning two Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards from the NYC Landmarks Conservancy. The first of